Richard Childress Racing

By Reid Spencer, NASCAR Wire Service Distributed by The Sports Xchange HOMESTEAD, Fla. - The fastest driver doesn't always win a race -- or a championship -- but on Sunday at Homestead-Miami Speedway, Kevin Harvick did both. Driving a No. 4 Stewart-Haas Racing Chevrolet that has been the class of the field for most of the 2014 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series season, Harvick won Sunday's Ford EcoBoost 400 at the 1.5-mile intermediate track and claimed his first premier series championship after a three-lap drag race against underdog title contender Ryan Newman. Harvick was so wrapped up in the championship battle that the victory in the race didn't register right away. “I...

Ryan Newman has no reason to apologize.
Sure, Newman dive-bombed Sunoco Rookie of the Year front-runner Kyle Larson on the final lap of Sunday's Quicken Loans Race for Heroes 500 at Phoenix International Raceway, but there were extenuating circumstances....

Whether NASCAR's new rules create a passing fancy at Kentucky Speedway remains to be seen. Drivers were happy to finally get track time Friday. Rain had washed out tests and practice scheduled to help them break in specifications designed to create...

Austin Dillon once stood in victory lane at Daytona International Speedway celebrating a Dale Earnhardt win with his grandfather and wondering if he would ever make it back to commemorate his own achievement. Richard Childress assured his grandson,...

Austin Dillon once stood in victory lane at Daytona International Speedway celebrating a Dale Earnhardt win with his grandfather and wondering if he would ever make it back to commemorate his own achievement.
Richard Childress assured his grandson,...

Matt Kenseth will try for his first win since 2013 when he starts from the pole at Bristol Motor Speedway.
Kenseth led a strong showing from Joe Gibbs Racing on Friday when he turned a lap at 128.632 mph to grab the top starting spot.
But he wasn't sure...

Richard Childress Racing appealed NASCAR's penalties against Ryan Newman's team to the highest level on Friday, and crew chief Luke Lambert was eligible to return to work at Bristol Motor Speedway.
RCR made the move a day after losing its bid to overturn...

Jamie Little wears it well, whether it's a Nomex firesuit or a bikini for a fashion shoot. She has the photos and the resume to prove both worlds can co-exist.
Little has dabbled in modeling, but her passion remains racing. NASCAR. Motocross. Dirt bikes....

Contradictory as it seems, Austin Dillon dominated Saturday's race in NASCAR's second-tier Xfinity Series yet won the race by the skin of his teeth.
Dillon was sailing along in his No. 33 Chevrolet — he led 183 of the 200 laps in the Boyd Gaming 300 —...

NASCAR on Monday night levied a massive penalty against Michael Waltrip Racing that included removing MWR driver Martin Truex Jr. from the Chase for the Cup title playoff and replacing him with Ryan Newman.
MWR "attempted to manipulate the outcome...

RICHMOND — Richmond International Raceway is billed as the "action track." And from the famous 1986 Darrell Waltrip-Dale Earnhardt duel to the 2008 Kyle-Busch-Dale Earnhardt Jr. battle to the Nelson Piquet-Brian Scott slugfest Friday, it often...